New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) Amid the steady 4G adoption growth, 53 per cent of Indians bought their smartphones online while 39 per cent of smartphone owners still preferred retail stores to buy a new device in 2016, a Deloitte survey revealed on Wednesday.

According to the ‘Mobile Consumer Survey 2016’, 4G adoption is expected to grow strongly over the next year to become the predominant data network and about 45 per cent of the respondents said that they would subscribe to 4G or LTE in the next 12 months.